Six Years of Habitat Restoration: Reaping the Rewards

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From an unproductive, closed-canopy forest to a thriving wildlife habitat, witness the progress made! Will and Drew have made incredible progress in 6 years time. Patience and strategic planning have resulted in impressive improvements, showcasing the importance of intentional and sustainable practices. Follow along to learn how you can create high-quality wildlife habitats!
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Fire Recommendations
2:37 Hunting Success - How to Improve Habitat to Increase Hunting Opportunities
8:57 Girdling / Hack & Squirt results
18:02 Native Habitat Productivity - Native Grass or Native Grasses and Forbs?
21:50 Hunting Success Through the Years
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@CentralMississippiWhitetail 5 күн бұрын

Showing these updates really highlights how well this works. Thanks for the follow ups..

@tundrafiend01 4 күн бұрын

What an awesome video. Definitely good motivation to get back in the woods and to continue TSI projects.

@JaysClubHouse 5 күн бұрын

Love the longer video. Little more explanation and 1st hand insight

@blitzcrusher299 5 күн бұрын

Looks like a savannah. Great work guys. Bet it’s full of game.

@patrickwolf4373 4 күн бұрын

Congratulations Will and Drew! What great results due to hard and smart work! Patrick Wolf, WI

@grant877 4 күн бұрын

Would definitely thin that NWSG stand, and overseed a forb mix after a burn. Definitely add some thicket forming shrubs and you won't be able to keep the deer out. Great looking property, I wish more people would take this level of initiative.

@trentsipsy2871 4 күн бұрын

Great episode Daniel.

@brianoestreich1319 16 сағат бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@Whiskey61 5 күн бұрын

That native grass field would be a good candidate to turn into an Old Field habitat.

@daronsmith2229 5 күн бұрын

I’ve got a farm in Nebraska where like you, I drilled in a field of native grass. It’s a 16 acre field and like you I don’t see much of any deer using it other than passing through. So this year I took four interior areas and sprayed 2 quarts of glyphosate per acre. Doing that kind of scared me but, it thinned the native grass down so that there was ample area for Forbes and for deer to bed.

@GrowingDeerTV 4 күн бұрын

Daron - Great work! Using fire at different times of year also helps increase the diversity in native grass stands/promotes forbs and other native species.

@Winterascent 4 күн бұрын

Are you missing a key component of pre-settlement grasslands? Large ruminant grazers like buffalo, which are now extinct from the region? That grass supported other game beyond deer and turkey.

@matthewmarvin5993 3 күн бұрын

Looks like the native grass stand could be improved by adding adaptive grazing of cattle to the property. Large herbivores were always a part of natural ecosystems. We don’t have bison or elk so we currently use cattle as a substitute.

@lukeschmitt3018 3 күн бұрын

Would a growing season burn on the grass field select for more forbs and less grass?

@GrowingDeerTV 2 күн бұрын

Luke - Fire rarely terminates perennial grasses. However, growing season burns often do result in more diversity of plant species.

@TwoBucksShy 5 күн бұрын

21:00 man.. bet they could fatten up a couple beef cows on all that grass

@markpiersall9815 2 күн бұрын

Owls eat rodents which host ticks. Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box on your property.

@jimkindle3563 5 күн бұрын

💪👊👍

@grantatwood8579 3 күн бұрын

The only problem with fire is the forestry commission charging 50$ a acre. Any ways to minimize that cost? I can make the fire lines myself

@GrowingDeerTV 2 күн бұрын

Wow - I've never heard of a state charging that much. Which state quoted you that rate? Most folks take a class or two, get some experience on a well-planned fire and then burn on their own property.

@grantatwood8579 2 күн бұрын

@@GrowingDeerTV I’m in southeast Arkansas unfortunately

@Kurtdog63 5 күн бұрын

CRP fields are amazing places for deer to feed and bed. There are a lot of weed type broadleaf plants that get waist to chest high that the deer feed on and bed in. I have put grassy type food plots in and trail cameras showed the deer walking thru it and don't even put their head down to eat it. I mowed some trails for access at the edge of the CRP and raised the mower deck up to 5 inches and the clover came on like a carpet in the trails. The ag fields stayed in CRP for two years. Bucks went to an older age class, and were actually showing up during the daylight hours on trail camera. Farmer took the property out of CRP third year, planted soybeans. Trophy deer went nocturnal and turkeys disappeared. Hunting went to crap.